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Hair rights: Workers at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in...

May 06, 1999

Hair rights: Workers at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Newark, N.J., have mounted a legal challenge over whether their bosses can clip locks of their hair to test for evidence of drug use. Teamsters Local 102, which represents 900 employees, has sued St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, arguing that the nation's largest brewer has no right to collect such samples. The lawsuit also challenges the accuracy and constitutionality of the hair analysis. The dispute coincides with an ongoing contract impasse at the plant.